A young Master from Cracow has just published his book, in which he suggests Lech Wałęsa had been a Secret Services agent since mid sixties and to boot he had had an illegitimate child. Institute of National Remembrance, temporary employer of the author distances itself from his publication, the former president threatens he would leave Poland, return all the awards and would not partake in the state celebrations.Frankly speaking, I don’t care about what Wałęsa did in his youth, for me he made history as the commander of the magnificent social movement and later on as a silly president. This man has a lot of merits, but also plenty of shortcomings, but never mind…I’m still wondering why is my generation full of so many zealous or officious people, keen on dragging out the past times. Where does the lust for revenge stem from and for what actually? I recall my classmates from High School (very rightist, besides), whose only ambition was to pursue their careers in the IPN, in the institution, which long ago ceased carrying out research on the Polish history between 1939 and 1989, and turned, or was turned into a mire, by the way haunted by the spirits of the past.Prime Minister Tusk said today IPN may exist on only if it becomes politically and ideologically neutral institution. Mr Tusk, your word is your bond… I don’t want the pests to be paid from my taxes…

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Written by a more-or-less anonymous Polish student, PES can be a daunting read for the generally attention-deficient blog reader, but it’s worth the effort. The bloke refuses to compromise and will hit you with 2,000 words about Polish corruption if he feels it’s needed. The fact that he makes the effort to do all this in English leaves me in awe.